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BUREAU    OF    ANIMAL   INDUSTRY; 


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AMENDMENT  8  TO  RULE  6,  REVISION  1.-T0  PREVENT  THE   SPREAD 

OF  FOOT-AND-MOUTH  DISEASE  IN  CATTLE,  SHEEP, 

OTHER  RUMINANTS,  AND  SWINE. 


Effective  on  and  after  December  29,  1908. 


U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture, 

Office  of  the  Secretary. 
During  the  existence  of  the  quarantine  to  prevent  the  spread  of  foot- 
and-mouth  disease  in  cattle,  sheep,  other  ruminants,  and  swine,  as 
provided  in  Rule  6,  Revision  1,  and  amendments  thereto,  quarantin- 
ing the  State  of  New  York,  hay,  straw,  or  similar  fodder,  including 
that  used  for  packing  merchandise,  may  be  moved  interstate  from  the 
State  of  New  York,  except  from  the  counties  of  Erie,  Niagara,  Orleans, 
Genesee,  and  Monroe,  without  disinfection  or  certification;  provided 
the  authorities  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  District  of  Columbia  to  which 
the  shipments  are  destined  have  previously  signified  their  willingness 
to  accept  them. 

Hides,  skins,  and  hoofs  of  cattle,  sheep,  other  ruminants,  and  swine, 
taken  from  animals  slaughtered  at  any  point  in  the  State  of  New  York 
except  points  located  in  the  counties  of  Erie,  Niagara,  Orleans,  Genesee, 
and  Monroe  may  be  moved  interstate  without  disinfection  or  certifica- 
tion, subject  to  the  consent  of  the  officials  of  the  State,  Territory,  or 
District  to  which  said  shipments  are  destined. 

Shipments  maybe  made  of  cattle,  sheep,  other  ruminants,  and  swine, 
and  of  the  carcasses  of  said  animals,  writh  skins  and  hoofs  attached, 
which  originate  in  a  quarantined  State  destined  to  another  point  in  the 
same  State,  but  wThich,  through  the  exigencies  of  travel,  are  transported 
through  adjacent  States,  and  Amendment  5,  to  Rule  6,  Revision  1,  is 
hereby  amended  accordingly, 

This  amendment  is  effective  on  and  after  December  29,  1908,  and  is 
subject  to  amendment  or  revision  on  statutory  notice. 

Done  at  Washington  this  twenty-eighth  day  of 
December,  1908. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture. 

James  Wilson, 
Secretary  of  Agriculture. 


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